39. (1) The director of a school or public charitable institution may, when he deems it in the interest of a child, allow him, under his supervision, to be absent from such school or institution to follow courses necessary for his education or occupational training, or to stay temporarily with his family or another family deemed reliable.
(2) The Minister may, at any time before the expiration of the term fixed by the order admitting a child to a school or public charitable institution, authorize his transfer to any school or public charitable institution under his jurisdiction.If the child is transferred from a school to a public charitable institution, the cost of custody shall then be paid at the rate fixed by the Act respecting health services and social services (chapter S-5).